how to write a book (outline) in 30 days

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This is a public service announcement that some of you may hopefully find useful :)

You know I never update my journal, but due to the fact that yours truly is stuck at a tiny railway station in the middle of... not much, save for some Greek temples she has already seen before missing her train and settling down for a 2+ hour wait, I figured I'd

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You're welcome :)
You are, of course, one of those two brilliant authors, Lizzy being the other, who do just the opposite with great success. But there are still interesting points about brainstorming and working out the background details etc.

For all my structured approach to writing, the idea of NaNoWriMo leaves me completely cold; I find it too formalistic to be of interest. But I suppose it is the only way the random and disorganised efforts of thousands of fic writers can be put on a more or less comparable standing and given something resembling a common goal...

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as I am nearing the end of the story

;'''(

I am a bit tempted by the idea/challenge of writing a 50,000 word novel in a monthI've now done it with Boxes (not complete, but I *have* written 60+ K in a month). It takes a case of getting completely obsessed with a plot, and, I readily admit, the absence of inviolable demands on my time from family members... and a major reduction of sleeping hours

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The blackberry wouldn't let me respond yesterday, but the next chapter is all done as of this mrning and will be posted shortly

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It is a function of our approach and of where each of us has the most fun: the bulk of my fun is in constructing and thinking through and playing with the plot, the writing being the bonus; whereas you enjoy the writing process in full as such.

And thanks! I hope the weather holds up, but am determined to enjoy it regardless.

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:D I wouldn't have guessed it was you, but you totally saw through my cunning wording games there ;)

No hurry, it'll be there when you are back. I had no idea how long it would end up being - sometimes plot outlines *are* confusing that way, I write two sentences and they end up being two pages!